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Ice.com heats up plans for webcasting Description: Ice.com heats up plans for webcasting After a delay while it integrated its recent acquisition of Diamond.com, Ice.com now expects to launch an online video initiative within 45
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Ice.com hikes conversion rates with frequent testing Description: Ice.com hikes conversion rates with frequent testing By frequently monitoring multiple versions of web pages, jewelry retailer Ice.com has increased conversion rates to as high
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Ice.com hopes to tune into new jewelry buyers with a TV show Description: Ice.com hopes to tune into new jewelry buyers with a TV show Another online retailer is adding the TV channel. Ice.com has signed up to provide jewelry content for Brands Network
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Ice.com increases its holiday fraud vigilance Description: Ice.com increases its holiday fraud vigilance Ice.com continues to make improvements to lower its exposure to potentially fraudulent transactions during the holiday shopping
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Ice.com on course to grow sales 50% this year Description: Ice.com on course to grow sales 50% this year Jewelry e-retailer Ice.com, No. 193 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide to Retail Web Sites, is on course to boost sales by about
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Ice.com polishes its holiday sales with longer deferred payments Description: Ice.com polishes its holiday sales with longer deferred payments Ice.com Inc. sees extended deferred payments as an excellent marketing tool to boost holiday sales and to help
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Ice.com raises a cool $47 million in new working capital Description: Ice.com raises a cool $47 million in new working capital Ice.com Inc. has raised $47 million in outside venture capital the company will use to expand further into the affordable
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Ice.com takes a proactive role in thwarting card theft Description: Ice.com takes a proactive role in thwarting card theft When credit cardholders first realize their card or card number has been stolen, their first call is usually to their
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Ice.com takes to YouTube to promote its brand Description: Ice.com takes to YouTube to promote its brand Ice.coms executive vice president Pinny Gniwisch has an alter egoMr. Cupid who resides at YouTube.com. Ice, which has a history of
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Ice.com turns a cold shoulder to holiday pay-per-click Description: Ice.com turns a cold shoulder to holiday pay-per-click After disappointing results, Ice.com will reconsider its use of paid search for the 2007 holiday season. For the 2006
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Ice.com turns up the heat on product videos Description: Ice.com turns up the heat on product videos Making design changes isnt always about keeping up with the competition. Take the case of Ice.com Inc. which is supplementing rich
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Ice.com wants shoppers to see the bigger jewelry picture with video casting Description: Ice.com wants shoppers to see the bigger jewelry picture with video casting Ice.com isnt going to spend millions of dollars launching a home TV shopping channel, but it will
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Ice.com warms to its new relationship with Google Description: Ice.com warms to its new relationship with Google Ice.com is no longer giving Google AdWords a cold shoulder. In December, following a less-than-stellar performance of its
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Ice.coms post-Thanksgiving sales nearly double from year ago Description: Ice.coms post-Thanksgiving sales nearly double from year ago Sales at online diamond retailer Ice.com on Friday were up 100% over the Friday after Thanksgiving last year and up
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Icode releases Everest Enterprise Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Icode releases latest version of Accware Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Icrossing names Nanu Ramamrutham CTO Description: Icrossing names Nanu Ramamrutham CTO Taking over as the first CTO of search engine marketing agency icrossing inc., Nanu Ramamrutham will oversee an expansion this year of
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IdeaForest, operator of Joann.com, gets a new CEO Description: IdeaForest, operator of Joann.com, gets a new CEO IdeaForest, which operates Joann.com for fabric chain Jo-Ann Stores, has named Diana Schulz as CEO, replacing founder & CEO Rich
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Identifying when shoppers prefer online virtual help to call center help Description: Identifying when shoppers prefer online virtual help to call center help As online companies seek to bring down call center costs, virtual assistants could become a way of life
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Identity theft tops FTC complaint list Description: Identity theft tops FTC complaint list Identity theft was the leading category of complaints about consumer fraud to the Federal Trade Commission last year, the FTC reports,
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If a negative comment is true, let it through, Dell says Description: If a negative comment is true, let it through, Dell says A panel discussion on user-generated content last week in Chicago focused on how to deal with negative comments. The
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If it were a store, Bebe`s web site would be the biggest, the company says Description: If it were a store, Bebe`s web site would be the biggest, the company says Web sales at Bebe Stores Inc. grew 240% and exceeded sales of any store, the company reported today. It
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If its Tuesday, the gifts must be in Belgium Description: If its Tuesday, the gifts must be in Belgium The Fruit Company has partnered with GiftsForEurope to offer American customers an efficient and cost-effective way to order artisan
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If over-pronation is your arch enemy, try the Running Shoe Fit Guide Description: If over-pronation is your arch enemy, try the Running Shoe Fit Guide Sierra Trading Post, No. 196 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, has rolled out a Running Shoe Fit
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If retailers don`t safeguard consumers` privacy online, the government will Description: Not long ago I dined at a restaurant and unbeknownst to me the waiter stole my credit card number. I found a whopping $1,253 charge on my statement the following week (the waiter was found to have a box of credit card receipts in his possession) and I didnt even think about security or privacy!
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If shoppers want it, they find it--no matter where it is in e-mail message Description: If shoppers want it, they find it--no matter where it is in e-mail message Whats the best place to place something a retailer wants to promote in an e-mail? Experience thus far
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If web stores were more like real-world stores, sales would surely go up Description: There is money to be made online, despite dot-coms recent plight. U.S. online retailing will grow 64% this year to $74 billion according to Forrester. Traditional retailers who are successful online are using this opportunity to regain market share and build a solid source of revenue. To survive, retailers will have to better understand what their brands and services mean to shoppers, and provide at least these same services and features on their web sites, in a clear and usable way.
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If you can`t beat `em, join `em Description: Just when online toy retailers thought the lines were drawn for this years holiday shopping battle, two of the most influential playersToysrus.com and Amazon.comcombined in a move that could start another segment shakeout. The two companies announced in mid-August that they would pool their strengths to launch a toy and electronic game site in September and a baby goods site in January. There is an obvious, mutually beneficial situation, says Liz Leonard, analyst at Gomez Advisors. Toys R Us has significant buying power and experience as a high-quality merchandiser that can get the hot-selling products, while what Amazon.com clearly does better than anyone else online is customer service and fulfillment.
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If you can`t stand the heat, open an incubator Description: Cybershop helped lead the charge into Internet retailing. With its closing and rebirth as an Internet incubator, observers say the company is leading the charge out. A lot of companies will be going dark or merging, says Ernst & Young retail analyst Pam Stubing, while others are changing the way they do business. In almost every categoryfrom books and CDs to electronics, cosmetics and pet suppliesthe e-retail space is crammed with contenders.
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Ignacio Fanlo named president, worldwide field operations for Shopping.com Description: Ignacio Fanlo named president, worldwide field operations for Shopping.com Shopping.com Ltd., an online comparison shopping service, appointed Ignacio Fanlo, its chief revenue
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Ignify Announces New Version of its eCommerce Platform Description: Enhanced Solution Incorporates Powerful Heuristic Security Measures and Other Advanced Features for Automated eCommerce
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Ignify Announces New Version of its eCommerce Platform Description: Enhanced Solution Incorporates Powerful Security Measures and Other Advanced Features for Automated eCommerce
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Ikea puts the web to work in delivering e-learning to U.S. store managers Description: Ikea puts the web to work in delivering e-learning to U.S. store managers Home furnishing giant Ikeas customer-facing web presence is truly global, with country sites in more
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Illinois Attorney General sues jewelry store using copycat web addresses Description: Illinois Attorney General sues jewelry store using copycat web addresses Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against a Chicago-area jewelry store for allegedly
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Illinois sues 70 retailers for failing to collect online sales tax Description: Illinois sues 70 retailers for failing to collect online sales tax Arguing that they have violated state law that requires online retailers to collect sales tax if they maintain
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Illinois sues iMergent businesses over alleged deceptive practices Description: Illinois sues iMergent businesses over alleged deceptive practices Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing two businesses operated by iMergent Inc., a vendor of
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Illuminations launches Spanish-language version of Illuminations.com Description: Illuminations launches Spanish-language version of Illuminations.com After analysis shows that its three biggest online markets are those with a strong Latino presence,
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Illuminations, Waldenbooks(tm), Helzberg Diamonds, and Restoration Hardware Choose Return Path ECOA(tm) Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Image management solution saves time and cost at eStyle Description: Image management solution saves time and cost at eStyle When San Francisco-based maternity and baby gear e-retailer eStyles product images grew into the hundreds, individual
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Image recognition technology searches databases by picture instead of text Description: Image recognition technology searches databases by picture instead of text LTU Technologies, a French technology developer that specializes in visual content management, this
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Image-caching system increases sales conversion rate 15% at Altrec.com Description: Image-caching system increases sales conversion rate 15% at Altrec.com Altrec.com, a pureplay online retailer of outdoor sports gear and apparel, is seeing increased sales
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Imaging technology developer Scene7 gets $11.3 million funding Description: Imaging technology developer Scene7 gets $11.3 million funding In a move uncommon in the current capital marketplace for e-commerce, Scene7, a technology start-up that provides
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Imaging technology gets set for the next online retail trend: `Made-for-me` Description: Imaging technology gets set for the next online retail trend: `Made-for-me` Online retailers with the basics of product presentation in place already are looking to the next
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Imaging technology giant Adobe acquires rich media provider Scene7 Description: Imaging technology giant Adobe acquires rich media provider Scene7 Adobe Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Scene7 Inc., a provider of rich media for web sites, much of it built
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Imation Launches Enhanced Profiling Tool for Verifi Accurate Web Color Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Imation and RealTimeImage Inc. Announce Partnership to Deliver Virtual Proofing Solutions Description: Article from Internet Retailer
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Imperfect queries tank site search at some top e-retailers Description: Imperfect queries tank site search at some top e-retailers Shoppers penchant for misspelling words and entering the wrong product numbers can throw site search for a loop-but
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ImprintStore.com begins selling energy products Description: ImprintStore.com begins selling energy products To help businesses educate their workers and market the urgent conservation message to their customers, Washington-based
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Impromptu Gourmet Catalog Expands Gourmet Food Service using LaGardes StoreFront Description: Using StoreFront, Impromptu Gourmet online customers enjoy expanded offerings - both in dining and shopping
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Improved Online Sales Not Guaranteed Description: Improved Online Sales Not Guaranteed Some 55% of Internet users surveyed this fall plan to shop online for gifts this holiday season, according to (www.visa.com) Visa U.S.A., a
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